Clinical treatment of a leg problem in an adult bull elephant
Leg problems are not uncommon in free ranging elephants, but little has been recorded on the factors behind them i.e. natural or hunting injury, deformity, disease etc. This article describes the veterinary services rendered to an emaciated adult bull with a swollen foreleg which was tentatively...
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| Main Authors: | Donald Mpanduji, R. Mdegela, E. Batamuzi, M. Mtambo, S. Bittegeko |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IUCN
2002-06-01
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| Series: | Pachyderm |
| Online Access: | https://pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachyderm/article/view/1088 |
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